You really don’t have to be very clever to get around the sip your own drink either. Just put your high explosive into a sealed plastic container inside your Big Gulp.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:38:32 +0000http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=44052#comment-113350[...] The TSA is planning to screw with us even more than they already were. So one of Radley’s guest bloggers has decided to win the internet once and for all. Posted by Thoreau @ 1:38 pm, Filed under: Main Comments (0) « « I should change my name to Ebert | Main | [...]
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Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:36:37 +0000http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=44052#comment-113340Remember all the Democrat senators demanding we unionize the baggage screeners after 9/11? Here’s your result of unlimited power.
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Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:51:11 +0000http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=44052#comment-113333Blog from Jazz Shaw cheerleading this new effort in 3…2…1…
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Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:50:23 +0000http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=44052#comment-113300Well,
I think the whole TSA thing is foolish, but:

There are certain dry ingredients, when mixed with a liquid, that become corrosive and/or explosive. I’m guessing the HS has heard of this possibility and is testing for that.

Just like the whole “liquids” thing, since terrorists were drilling a very fine hole in the bottom of the middle of the bottle, draining it and then filling it with explosive liquid.

Overblown threat that we don’t need a whole TSA for, but that’s how an oppressive federal government works.

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Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:20:32 +0000http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=44052#comment-113294Next time I fly, I’m bringing a bottle of whizz with me, just for the TSA guy…
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Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:26:29 +0000http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=44052#comment-113288This is stupid. You don’t have the TSA person test it, you have the passenger take a sip if you suspect it is contaminated somehow.

Slightly off topic: I will no longer fly anywhere, which I have found is a more and more common reaction. And some wonder why profits are down for the airlines. N.B., You can’t raise fees forever and not drive those that still fly away.

Apparently they don’t trust their own security screening processes for getting into the “secure area” of the airport.

dentarthurdent on July 5, 2012 at 1:04 PM

This is exactly dead on! When the TSA doe not trust the TSA, why should I?

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Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:33:33 +0000http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=44052#comment-113279Correct me if I’m wrong… you can’t bring a bottle of water through the security checkpoint (or a soda, or coffee, or beer, or anything in liquid form). In order to avoid becoming dehydrated while waiting for your flight, you now have to buy the over-inflated crappy no-name brand at the Hudson News stand, and now the TSA wants that?

i mean, they’re molesting small children and disabled older folks… there is nothing they won’t do- they feel in no way restrained by the constitution. they’ll do stuff for no reason now other than they can get away with it.

]]>By: dentarthurdenthttp://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2012/07/05/now-tsa-wants-to-test-passengers-beverages-at-the-gate/comment-page-1/#comment-113262
Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:04:24 +0000http://hotair.com/greenroom/?p=44052#comment-113262Apparently they don’t trust their own security screening processes for getting into the “secure area” of the airport.

Or they’ve decided to enforce Bloomingidiotberg’s soda size limit on a national air traveler basis….

Are they envisioning enterprising terrorists infiltrating the gate area to plant explosive materials in a drink vendor’s fountain? It sounds preposterous, but if that’s the concern why not monitor the beverages at the point of sale?